Volume 12 | Walking With God In the Desert
Experiencing Living Water When Life is Tough
Runtime of this lesson: 2:15 minutes | 2011
Throughout the Bible, the desert functions as an image of discord, of loss of control, and of separation from the safety of society. Barren and deadly, the wasteland places of the text meant certain death without access to resources. Many times God led His people through the desert, where they learned that they would have depend on His provision for all of their needs. What are the difficult places in your life, the moments of loss and pain that can seem impossible to survive? Find God in your deserts as you travel through Sinai, Paran, Zin, the Negev, and the wilderness of Judea.
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| 1 | Join the Journey |
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Join the Journey
00:12:18 minutes
In the Bible, the desert is an image of great hardship and suffering, signifying the impossibility of survival without access to basic resources. God often led His people through desert places, using the barrenness of the land as opportunities to ... MORE
| 2 | It's Hot Here and There's No Way Out |
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It's Hot Here and There's No Way Out
00:29:52 minutes
The heat and intensity of the sun in the desert can be scorching, often without any guarantee of relief. Yet whenever God led His people there, He promised to provide exactly what they needed to make it through each day. In this lesson, wander the... MORE
| 3 | Help Is Here |
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Help Is Here
00:31:21 minutes
The Bible compares those who trust in the word of the Lord to great trees planted by streams of water. What would this image mean to someone living in the desert, where water is scarce and trees are few and far between? Is it possible to live out ... MORE
| 4 | When Your Heart Cries Out |
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When Your Heart Cries Out
00:22:36 minutes
Some of the dangers in the desert are slow to develop: the build-up of scorching heat from the sun, the slow evaporation of streams, the depletion of food supplies. Others are more sudden; the flash floods of desert wadis can come out of nowhere, ... MORE
| 5 | They Were Not Wandering |
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They Were Not Wandering
00:26:10 minutes
After their escape from the might of Egypt, the Israelites spent forty years wandering in the desert of Sinai. But were they really wandering? The Bible says that God led them like a flock, like sheep through the desert with a pillar of cloud by d... MORE
| 6 | Ears to Hear |
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Ears to Hear
00:21:26 minutes
Egypt was a culture for the eyes. Temples, palaces, histories, and statues of their gods were impressively created to dazzle the eyes of all who saw them. After delivering Israel from Egypt and "punishing" the gods of Egypt (Exodus 12), ... MORE
| 7 | There's Hope in the Desert |
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There's Hope in the Desert
00:32:07 minutes
David trusted in a living God - not a religion. Watch this complimentary full episode for a limited time from the That the World May Know film series with Ray Vander Laan as he shows us there's hope in the desert when life is tough -- even for Dav... MORE
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